AMD Radeon HD 7620G IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7620G IGP and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7620G IGP

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7620G IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 65 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1876
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1876

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2012 vs 3 March 2009
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1876

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

4.1x more core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 360 MHz
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 576 vs 364
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 112

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1463 MHz vs 360 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	576 vs 364
PassMark - G2D Mark	153 vs 112

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7620G IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

364

576

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

153

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1876

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1876

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7620G IGP	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
PassMark - G3D Mark	364	576
PassMark - G2D Mark	112	153
Geekbench - OpenCL	1232
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	1876

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7620G IGP	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Tesla
Code name	Devastator	G92
Launch date	15 May 2012	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1259	1262
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	497 MHz
Core clock speed	360 MHz	1463 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,303 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Floating-point performance		374.5 gflops
Gigaflops		562
Pipelines		128
Texture fill rate		38 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	MXM-IV
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		61 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD
SLI